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Commentary: Rich Manieri — Changing language doesn't change reality
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We use euphemisms to soften reality. We do it all the time when forced to discuss things we would rather not discuss or even acknowledge. Death comes to mind.
I've completed an exhaustive study and determined that death affects one out of one human beings. Still, we'd rather not talk about it or we try to make it a bit more digestible. After all, it sounds much nicer to say he's "passed away" than he's dead.
Employers are good at this. "We're going in a different direction" is much more polite than "You're fired."
Much of our interaction with our kids is laced with euphemisms. When my daughters were young, I found myself adopting certain euphemisms into my daily lexicon. I can remember, when I worked for the Justice Department office in Philadelphia, excusing myself from an important meeting by saying, "I need to find the 'potty.'"
The problem with euphemisms is they can be used to deceive others and even ourselves. History is replete with state-sanctioned euphemisms designed to camouflage the truly horrible. For example, the "Final Solution" made for much better propaganda fodder than the "systematic murder of 6 million Jews."
Today in the U.S., discussions about hot-button issues such as abortion are often lessons in euphemistic gymnastics, performed with amazing skill and dexterity in the White House briefing room.
A few days ago, a reporter asked President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, a direct and simple question. Does the president believe "a 15-week-old unborn baby is a human being?"
The answer ought to be just as simple, especially for anyone who is aware of ultrasound technology.
Instead, Psaki answered, "Are you asking me if the president supports a woman's right to choose? He does."
That wasn't the question and Psaki knew it. But to answer "yes" would have been an admission of what an abortion is and what it entails. It's much easier to couch support for a barbaric procedure in terms such as, "a woman's right to choose" and "reproductive rights." You can change the language, but you can't change reality.
It seems we've crossed yet another weird sociological and moral threshold when the leader of the free world, for purely political reasons, refuses to admit that a 15-week-old unborn baby is human. For an administration that often scolds its critics for failing to consider science, it seems more than willing to ignore biological reality. If you're interested, WebMD offers this description of an unborn 15-week-old:
"Look closely, and you'll be able to see a network of fine blood vessels forming. Baby's muscles are getting stronger, and they are testing them out by moving around, making fists, and trying out different facial expressions."
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That certainly sounds like a human to me.
The reason the reporter's question was relevant and posed to Psaki in the first place was that in the fall, the U.S. Supreme court is scheduled to hear arguments on Mississippi's ban on most abortions after 15 weeks. In the past, the president, through spokesmen, has called such prohibitions on abortion "an assault on women's rights."
Such language has been part of the abortion debate for decades. Proponents of legal abortion would like you to believe that what is at stake in the Mississippi case and other similar cases is a woman's "right to choose." There's nothing new about this defense, of course.
What is new is that we know a lot more about unborn babies than we did in 1973, when the Supreme Court ruled on Roe v. Wade.
We know that some 62 million abortions have been performed in this country since 1973 and we can clearly see, through scientific innovation, the humanness in an unborn baby.
But for Psaki to admit than a 15-week-old unborn baby is human would be to admit that abortion and the administration's support of it really isn't about choice at all, no matter how much it tries to euphemize its way around the issue.
Because if it is, then we inevitably have to answer the question, "What choice have we really made?"
Rich Manieri is a journalist and author. He is a professor of journalism at Asbury University in Kentucky and can be reached at manieri2@gmail.com.
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA). Assumption received a six year accreditation from these organizations in 2006, the longest term of accreditation that can be granted to a school. Currently the school community is working on a self-study, titled "Improving Student Learning," that must be completed by any school seeking accreditation from WASC/WCEA.
In the spring of 2018, a WASC/WCEA accrediting committee who are familiar with our latest self study visited Assumption for a three day visit which will include observations and interviews with the various constituents that make up our school community.
Assumption School is thrilled to announce that we recently received in July 2018 a full 6 year accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) and the Western Catholic Schools Association. This is the best accreditation possible. It is wonderful to be publicly validated once again for the work that we, in the parish and school community, know is of the highest value to our students.


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Features You Want to Know of LG G4
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On April 28th, LG G4, which runs Android 5.1 in a 5.5 inches display, was released and put into the market in June. It has got a 2560 x 1440 (Quad HD) and 538 PPI. Its outstanding features stirred up interest of many Android users. Though it has come into the market for more than a month, there are still some necessities to talk about this outstanding flagship of LG. Let's go straight to the topic.
Release Date & Price
As we've mentioned above, LG G4 was first released in April and come into the market in June. It will be available on Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint and US Cellular and more. T-Mobile has it first on June 3rd, and it's now also available for other carriers. The LG G4 appears to be $199 with a new 2-year contract and a $239 with a leather variant contract. Prices are higher if you are asking for genuine leather.
Camera configuration is another feature that LG users pay more attention to. In this flagship, LG adopts a 16 megapixels on the rear camera and an 8 megapixels on the front. Besides, the Aperture goes to f/1.8. That's really awesome, isn't it? By the way, as well can see, the rear cover of LG G4 is different from other smartphones. There are several covers for your choice: Genuine Leather, Metallic Craft and Ceramic Craft.
As for the processor, LG G4 has adopted Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 Processor, with a 64-bit Hexa-code CPU. The frequency goes to 1.8GHz. And the excellent processor does good to the multi-tasking, beautiful graphics, smooth operation for app and more.
LG G4 was equipped with a 3000 mAh removable battery which I think it's already enough if you don't play games with it for a long time. The overheated issue was improved to some extent in this model.
Last but not least, LG G4 got a 3GB RAM, with a 32 GB internal storage. When it comes to the external storage, 2 TB micro SD card supported, which has reached an unbelievable new height.
Please show us your own opinion on the features of LG G4, the latest flagship device of LG, if you have interest to discuss with us. Your feedback will always be welcomed. You can also follow us for other smartphone tips & tricks, news and new device features leaks.

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Father talks about lynched Captain Mahama's academic potential
Captain Dennis Mahama (Rtd), father of the late Army Captain Adams Mahama has described his late son as one who could best be described as affable and of remarkable wits.
The retired Army Captain in a 45 minutes interview with host of Upfront Raymond Acquah told the story of Maxwell Mahama from birth through to his last conversation with him.
The last conversation at best describes the kind of man Maxwell was, for which reason his Dad is yet to come to terms with the death of his son. It's a conversation about Maxwell's house that was under construction.
Mr.Mahama recounts how Maxwell on Saturday May 27 engaged him on Whatsapp.
The late Mahama had insisted his dad accompanies carpenters working on the house to purchase roofing sheets to ensure its early completion, he said.
The reason for the desire by the late Captain for quick completion is what still saddens his Dad. He recounts
But the story starts from November 1, 1985 when Maxwell Adam Mahama had air enter and exit his nostrils for the first time. The year itself is of significance to the family as it was few months after father of the deceased left the Armed forces.
With much pride, Captain Rtd Mahama tells the delightful story of how his son's affable nature forced him to move him to a boarding school.
"He was affable to his mates, to the extent that anytime he closes from school, virtually the whole class will follow him to the House".
This was at the service school at Takoradi. This forced the family to move young Max to the boarding school;
"All his mates will gather in front of my house and wait for him to come out so they play. He will crack jokes, engage in acrobatics, dance among others. I found that to be too much. I wanted him to have time to learn. His mother was passionate about education and he didn't seem to have time for he used to entertain his friends. Because of this I moved him to John Teye Memorial school, a boarding school"
Shortly after, the family moved to Akosombo when Mr.Mahama (Snr) landed a job with the Volta River Authority (VRA). The situation did not change
" His affable nature was even more manifest", he said.
Maxwell Mahama continued his education at St. Johns Senior High School in Sekondi Takoradi once he completed basic school in Akosombo.
Then came the big decision; University or the Ghana Military Academy? Maxwell had gained admission to the University of Ghana and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology as well as the Ghana Military Academy.
The fresh High School graduate deferred the decision to his Dad
"I asked him which one he wanted, he said he said I should choose for him"
Maxwell his Dad narrates opted for the University when his Dad asked that he decides.
" he said "I will be alone if I go to the Military Academy. All my friends are going to the University. I want to be an academician, lecturer and professor".
It appears Captain Mahama had a different view. He argued with his son and upon further consultation with Senior Officers convinced his son it was easier to rise to become a Professor if he joined the Military.
The late Mahama entered the academy with his SHS certificate, was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant. His Dad continues the tale
"You have to do four years as a lieutenant after which you must pass your promotional exam. Some sit many times before they pass the exam. Maxwell sat his Lieutenant to Captain exam in his first year and cleared all at a go. It included practical".
Maxwell repeated the same feat for the Captain to Major Exam as he cleared it in his first year of 5 years as a captain.
"He was waiting for his mandatory five years as captain to end so he becomes a major for he had cleared the exam already", he said.
It's a loss that will take a while for the Captain Rtd to recover but setting up an NGO to fight against Mob Injustice Captain Dennis Mahama believes is the way to go.
Watch full video below
For more news, go to myjoyonline.com


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Music of Changes: New Hall and Festival in Klaipėda
The winds of change are blowing in Klaipėda not only because the city is situated at the Baltic Sea, which brings the constant change of weather. With the founding of a new concert hall in Klaipėda this April, the general cultural climate of the city began to change. Equipped with recently refurbished facilities, consisting of a 600-seat concert hall, spacious rehearsal rooms, studios and multipurpose public areas, and run by a small yet tireless team of concert organizers, programmers and forward-looking leaders, the Klaipėda Concert Hall is a new home of live music, whose long-term ambition is the enrichment of the local music scene through innovative and community-oriented projects. Currently it gathers under one roof a chamber orchestra, a mixed choir, a brass quintet and two carillon players.
From the very beginning of its first concert season, the Klaipėda Concert Hall offered a number of ongoing concert series, educational and outreach programmes and four annual festivals, including the "Music of Changes", which was held for the first time from September 21 to October 17 this year. The new festival has been named after the manifesto work by John Cage with the aim of indicating the change that the establishment of a new hall has brought to the city, and the music to which this festival has turned its attention. In the words of the artistic director of the festival Loreta Narvilaitė, a composer from Klaipėda, "along with contemporary music, the festival presents time-proven and well regarded 20th-century works that have influenced and still influence the process of music history, i.e. its changes. In compiling the programme of the festival, first of all we sought to discover the fundamental points of reference in this ever-changing world."
The six concerts and four video screenings of the first festival encompassed a very wide range of music – from harmonised folk songs to electronic music, from video opera to jazz. The search for reference points began from the very first concert with the programme called "Following Čiurlionis", dedicated to the 130th birth anniversary of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Presented by the local groups – the Klaipėda Chamber Orchestra (under the baton of Robertas Šervenikas) and the "Aukuras" Choir (under the artistic leadership of Alfonsas Vildžiūnas) – it included his folk song arrangements, original religious compositions for mixed choir and piano works (pianist Živilė Karkauskaitė), along with the tributes to Čiurlionis composed in different years by Bronius Kutavičius, Algirdas Martinaitis and Mindaugas Urbaitis. A programme of homages to the music of the past was also presented by the Gaida Ensemble Soloists, including works by Balakauskas, Narbutaitė, Bartulis, Kučinskas and Merkelys (read more about this project here). Another epoch-making work in the development of 20th-century music, Arnold Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire (1912), became an inspiration behind a programme, presented by some of the most adventurous Lithuanian musicians, which combined theatrical elements (such as in Shostakovich's Satyres) with emphatic expressivity of musical works (including Zita Bružaitė's Sonnet II (Rain Loves Me) and Loreta Narvilaitė's Take a Seat Underneath a Red Rowan Tree for soprano and chamber ensemble).
Organising its first contemporary music festival this year, the Klaipėda Concert Hall not only focused on works that spurred significant transformations, but also ventured to make a step towards innovations. It even surpassed the capital in presenting the solo project "Neogard-club-electronic" of the composer, DJ and VJ, Vytautas V. Jurgutis, which aimed to make maximum use of the spaces of the hall and the possibilities of its sound and video systems. A similar project by Jurgutis combining live mix of his electronic tracks and his real time video projections, was presented last spring at the "Turning Sounds2" event in Warsaw.
Two more projects migrated from other festivals to the "Music of Changes". In collaboration with the festival Vilnius Jazz, the unique Dutch jazz orchestra - Willem Breuker Kollektief, whose playful tricks have been disturbing the peace of those who live in separate ghettoes of jazz and contemporary academic music, visited Klaipėda for the first time. Quasar Saxophone Quartet from Canada that had prepared a special programme for the Gaida Festival also extended its first visit to Lithuania with an additional concert in Klaipėda.
Apart from inciting changes in the soundscape of the city, the "Music of Changes" signals an attempt of the local live wires to make Klaipėda not only a busy harbour for ships from all around the world, but also an inviting city that harbours a potent enough cultural infrastructure to receive the flagships from the big wide world of contemporary music.
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The Cargo Rig in this mission drops a can; loot is assorted ammo - have gotten torpedoes, heavy missiles, hybird ammo, and projectile ammo at different times.
Mob salvage is poor - every mob has loot, mostly base Tier1 with some named on occasion.
confirm, only cargo rig dropped anything.
Cargo rig dropped charges & defender missiles.
Every single enemy fires a flameburst missile, which adds up fast if your thermal resists are low. Bounty on each frigate was negligible, unless you're doing this in some frigate eating machine they're not worth killing.
Use 2 Thermal hardeners for this mission and not a Kinetic one. Did this in a Caracal.
I managed this in a Catalyst. I only have 1.3 mill skill points so you don't need a super fitted ship. Hardeners and at least a Small Armor Repairer II are needed or you're just going to get nuked. Looking through the combat log I can't find one instance of a kinetic damage source. All of the mercenaries were doing thermal damage so I have properly edited the information to reflect that.


Also an unfortunate incident wounded my poor Alfa, she now has a nasty chip in the bumper and a dodgy alloy wheel, thanks to some black ice on a narrow country lane, the one time I drive sensible is the time I crash my pride and joy, my ego took the biggest hit I think.
Today I gave her a proper good clean and tomorrow she will get a good waxing and polish, interior will get a shampoo too.
That's rough, I hope that assessment goes well.
Still better to have loved and lost, etc, etc.
Well hope that bus driver job goes well then.
It'll be hard to lose the 147, but needs must. I've been in a similar situation where I had to let a car I loved driving go for money reasons - although not an Alfa.
Again - congratulations. I look forward to seeing the Busso V6 conversion.
That's one hell of a shopping list man, maybe you should set some priorities and go from there.
Good luck bringing the old girl back!
I know the feeling, I dropped a cotter pin through an injector bore on a diesel, I don't recall how I was successful in getting it out. I think it involved needle-nose pliers and extreme persistence.


Washington, DC – Today, during debate on H.R. 915, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to grant priority consideration to Dallas Love Field Airport for a project that would link the airport to the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system. H.R. 915, the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2009, provides for the creation of an Intermodal Ground Access Project Pilot Program at no more than five airports nationwide. In a colloquy with House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman James L. Oberstar, Congresswoman Johnson urged the FAA to consider Love Field as one of the selected airports.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today introduced a resolution honoring the historic election to the Kuwait parliament on May 16, 2009, of four female candidates: Dr. Massouma al-Mubarak, Dr. Rola Dashti, Dr. Salwa al-Jassar, and Dr. Aseel al-Awadhi. Women in Kuwait received the right to vote and run for office in 2005, and the recent election marks the first time that women were elected to national office in the nation's history.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today introduced the Home Buying Credit Expansion Act, which will make all homebuyers eligible for the tax credit currently available to first-time homebuyers.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will receive a $1 million grant from the Federal Highway Administration for the construction of a 2.6 mile project in Tarrant County. The project will consist of a six-lane road from State Highway 114 to Dove Road and a four-lane road from Dove Road to Randol Mill Road. The funding was allocated by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), the economic recovery package that Congress passed and President Obama signed in February. Congresswoman Johnson was the only Member of Congress from North Texas to vote for ARRA.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today voted for H.R. 2187, the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act. H.R. 2187 authorizes $6.4 billion for fiscal year 2010 for the modernization, renovation and repair of school facilities, guaranteeing each district a minimum of $5,000. The legislation passed the House by a vote of 275-155.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson announced the winners of the 2009 Congressional Art Competition in the 30th Congressional District of Texas on Friday, May 8. High school students from 10 high schools in the 30th District submitted a total of 51 entries. All three winners attend Booker T. Washington High School.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson's resolution honoring National Nurses Week, which she introduced February 25, today passed the House by voice vote. The resolution, H. Res. 192, recognizes National Nurses Week, which began on May 6 and ends today. Congresswoman Johnson began her career as a registered nurse, and she was the first nurse elected to the U.S. Congress.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today voted in favor of H.R. 1728, the Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2009, bipartisan legislation that will bring common sense reform to mortgage lending practices and provide consumers with stronger protections. The bill passed the House by a vote of 300-114.
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson today announced that Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) will receive $78.4 million in federal money a year ahead of schedule. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided for expediting the funds, which DART would otherwise have received in Fiscal Year 2010 as part of its "full funding grant agreement" with the Federal Transit Administration.


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Located on Queen Street West between the entertainment, shopping and art districts, the hotel is ideally situated.
Its 27 rooms make the hotel easy to manage and the service personalised. The rooms are located on one of the hotel's eight floors, and although the hotel is narrow, it feels a lot larger than it actually is due to the use of cabinets that line the walls. The advantage of using lacquered walls is that its light-reflecting surface makes space feel larger than it is. The smooth seamless corridors of lacquered walls makes it hard to discern room from room. Apart from the room numbers etched in marble in the floor, there is no other giveaway, so make sure you remember to look at the numbers in the floor when looking for your room, unless you want to risk being caught stumbling into a cleaning cupboard!
On every floor, the corridors are adorned with original art, like the Damien Hirst skateboards on the first floor or the Nigel Scott customised surfboard on the second - these installations will be changing over regularly, so it is likely that these pieces have moved around the hotel by the time you come and stay.
All rooms are completely sound proof. There are several room categories, but due to the awkward narrow shape of the building, there are few rooms on each floor apart from the top two floors, which have been built into an enormous and stunning two-floor King Loft Suites, which we highly recommend if you have a bit to spend.
Everything in the rooms was hanpicked by the owners - even the door jams are stylish! The décor comprises Paulo Lenti felt carpets, Hay stools, Wegner chairs, an enormous flat-screen television, iPod docking stations, and best of all for gadget fiends: everything in the room is controlled via iPad - which even doubles up as a type of Skype phone. Guests are able to call down to the kitchen and speak to the chef on duty - if in doubt about what a dish looks like for example, the chef can even show it to them before they decide. Calls to landlines all over the world are also free of charge (but check this is still the case when you arrive). You can even plug your smart phone into the iPad, which has a special application to make your phone also your room key.
It is the effort to make every detail count that gripped our attention in this place. But it's not finished. The bathrooms are another defining aspect of the hotel. We have never seen such enormous bath tubs! The free-standing Japanese tubs were designed so that a person the size of Michael Jordan can soak comfortably. Other rooms have a large dual shower (in which Jordan could also fit quite snugly!) The bathroom products are of the delightful Red Flower brand and have names like 'Moonflower', that transport you far away from the stress of daily life.
If you can't bear to tear yourself away from your room, which anyone who has seen the King Loft Suites would completely understand, the hotel also has 24-hour room service. Enjoy!
There is an enigma to decipher in the design of the hotel at every turn. If you truly want to appreciate just how much has gone into the hotel, don't hesitate on asking for Andrew Van Buskirk, the hotel manager, who knows pretty much everything about every square millimetre of the hotel and if he isn't too busy, he'll be happy to give you a 'design tour' of the hotel! And trust us, it is worth taking half an hour out of your weekend to learn about the hotel's design.
The small 27 room boutique hotel is our favourite hotel in Toronto for the meticulous attention to detail but also in the owners' determination to make everything fun and different. And Templar founders, Rhed Design's Del Terrelonge and John Wee Tom, got it just right. Not pretentious in the least, the hotel is luxurious without being conventional.
The innovative spirit begins in the hotel lobby. The sleek reception desk, a block attached to a mirrored pillar looks like it is floating in mid-air. The detail that we particularly liked was the use of 'Technilight' panels that line the walls upstairs and downstairs. The light-backed wall panels give the impression that on the other side is the outdoors; what looks like an opaque window is in fact LED panels with etched glass on top. This is extremely effective downstairs in the basement, where you will find the hotel restaurant - but instead of feeling like you are in the basement, the panels give the impression of being at least on the ground floor with a view onto the exterior; this genius piece of design was thought up by Rhed Design. Black etched mirror panels continue in the toilets, and are almost impossible to discern unless you know what you are looking for! Behind the door hides a row of cabins, each with its own Starck-designed toilet.
The lobby area, or 'Monk Lounge', as people in the know call it, is the area where guests can relax. A bar was being built in this area during our visit. Clean cut modular and comfortable furniture is what it is about here at The Templar. Even the floorboards have been given a touch of fun. Designed with inserts, the magnetic cow hide patches can actually slide out - practical for cleaning! But back to the floorboards, that beautiful grain and colour is what seduced the designers; so much so, that they sourced the wood all the way in Uruguay!
The floor-to-ceiling bookshelf gives the area a 'cosy nook' ambience, and the fact that every book has been handpicked adds a welcome personal touch. For a wider selection of something to read, guests can borrow Kindles and Kobos at reception.
The main preoccupation at the hotel is marrying form and function for an optimal level of experience and interaction. As you move towards the stairs leading down to the basement, admire the grey slate stone walls. The Ledge Rock was actually quarried in Japan and brought over. Look up at the ceiling and you might be lucky enough to spot an athletic body or two swimming in the hotel's salt water pool above the stairwell. The light through the water reflects onto the walls softening the hard lines.
Downstairs, the LED panels trick you into thinking that plenty of natural light is shining through the etched glass keeping your mood lifted. See more about the restaurant area in the food and drink section below.
In terms of facilities the hotel doesn't have a gym but it has a personalised spa for one guest or party, at a time. There is a bar and restaurant and when we visited, the owners were considering putting a second pool on the roof in a Japanese garden, so watch this space!
Downstairs from the Monk Lounge, is the Monk Restaurant - but beware. This brainchild of chefs, Roberto Fracchioni and Mark Richardson, isn't a restaurant like any other you would have come across at a hotel before!
First you have a few communal dining tables laid out to encourage guests to mingle. The restaurant only seats 24, so if you aren't a guest here, make sure you book beforehand. The concept is simple: guests can have whatever they want absolutely whenever they want it, and we're serious. If you have a niggling feeling of hunger for a steak at 5:00am, then just pop downstairs in your pyjamas, walk straight round into the open kitchen and ask the duty chef for anything you like (as long as it's legal)! If however you are tempted by a squid salad or something a little more exotic, then the chef, dressed like a skateboarder complete with cap and skate shoes, claims that it wouldn't be a problem either. When we asked him where you'd get a squid at 5:00am - he stopped chopping, paused for a split second and said "China Town", he shrugged his shoulders and continued nonchalantly. We pressed him for more hypothetical requests - he didn't disappoint.
The concept here is two-fold. On the one hand guests can eat in the dining lounge and select food from the iPad menu, which has a 'drop-off' system, meaning that guests are always choosing among the things that the kitchen has. But the choices should be things guests are particularly fond of as their guest profile information is collected prior to their stay. Secondly, guests who are staying here alone don't have to eat alone if they don't want to, or if they feel uncomfortable mingling with the others. The chef's table in the kitchen is always free for guests to come and have a chat with them while one eats and the other cooks.
The best bit though, is the enormous compost machine, 'Gaia', brought over from Korea, in the back of the kitchen. We were relieved to see that this ambitious project is upheld by core values.
The hotel is part of the Design Hotels label, which has a portfolio of about 50 hotels worldwide renowned for good design. Every space in the hotel is barrier free and was even tested out by one of the owners' friends.
The exceptional attention to detail and guest experience.
The ability to surprise at every turn.
The dining concept (see Food and drink section below).
Book yourself an appointment for the spa ahead of time as it is a one-room spa.
Can't use the pool if the spa suite is busy.
Amazing Experience, The hotel is packed with details and lives like a shrine to design. It is the most spectacular hotel experience that I have ever had.
Monk Kitchen and the private chefs. Ease of check in and check out. The design elements inside the space are far to numerous to list.


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Democrats' New Climate Plan Will Kill Endangered Species, Environmentalists Fear – 'Wind turbines kill big, threatened, slow-to-reproduce species like hawks, eagles, owls, & condors'
"Birds have evolved over hundreds of years to fly certain paths to migrate," said New Hampshire-based environmentalist Lisa Linowes. "You can't throw a turbine up in the way and expect them to adapt. It's not happening." "Democrats have been sold a false narrative by the industrial wind industry," said Kevon Martis, a Michigan-based environmentalist and co-founder of the Energy and Wildlife Coalition with Linowes.
"Many Democrats somehow imagine that industrial wind farms, which take hundreds of times more land than a natural gas plant, are better for the environment," he added.
The wind industry claims house cats kill more birds than wind turbines. But cats mainly kill small, common birds like sparrows, robins, and jays, whereas wind turbines kill big, threatened, slow-to-reproduce species like hawks, eagles, owls, and condors.
The rapidly spinning blades of wind turbines act like an apex predator that big birds never evolved to deal with. And because big birds have much lower reproductive rates than small birds, their deaths have a far greater impact on the overall population of the species. For example, golden eagles will have just one or two chicks in a brood, and usually less than once a year, whereas a songbird like a robin could have up to two broods of three to seven chicks each year.
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Democrats' New Climate Plan Will Kill Endangered Species, Environmentalists Fear
– "Supergrid" threatens Whooping Cranes in Sand Hills
– Wind industry threatens 7 native Hawaiian birds
– Lake Erie wind project threatens migratory birds
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2020/06/30/democrats-climate-plan-will-kill-endangered-species-environmentalists-fear/#338e160f7571
By Michael Shellenberger
Congressional Democrats today unveil a "Climate Crisis Action Plan" similar to the Green New Deal proposed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last year, which sounded like a dream to many progressives and climate activists.
At the heart of the proposal are billions in new subsidies and a federal mandate to achieve 100% renewables. The top item on the Democrats' plan is, "Support rapid deployment of wind, solar, energy efficiency, and other zero-carbon energy sources and construction of new transmission infrastructure to deliver clean energy to homes."
There has already been widespread attention to the high economic cost of renewable energy mandates. University of Chicago economists found that "consumers in the twenty-nine states paid $125.2 billion more for electricity" because of them.
But now, in response to a growing number of lawsuits and regulations, and a new Michael Moore documentary about the environmental impacts of renewables, the wind industry increasingly finds itself on the defensive.
"Birds have evolved over hundreds of years to fly certain paths to migrate," said New Hampshire-based environmentalist Lisa Linowes. "You can't throw a turbine up in the way and expect them to adapt. It's not happening."
"Democrats have been sold a false narrative by the industrial wind industry," said Kevon Martis, a Michigan-based environmentalist and co-founder of the Energy and Wildlife Coalition with Linowes.
Martis and other environmentalists are successfully stopping industrial wind farms across the US.
Last December, environmentalists on California's northern coast successfully blocked industrial wind turbines that they said would have killed an endangered sea bird, the marbled murrelet, which nests in nearby ancient redwood trees;
Earlier this month, Ohio regulators demanded wildlife protections for endangered migratory bird species, including the Kirtland's warbler, for an industrial wind project proposed for Lake Erie. The lake is a critical habitat for birds migrating between their nesting grounds in Canada to South America for the winter;
A federal judge two weeks ago blocked a transmission line, called the R-Line, proposed to be built straight through a whooping crane habitat in Nebraska. Transmission lines are the number one cause of mortality among whooping cranes. Industrial wind developers needed the transmission line to expand their turbines across the fragile Sand Hills ecosystem;
Two weeks ago, environmentalists in Hawaii urged the state's Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the state to approve an industrial wind project that threatened seven endangered native bird species: the nene, pueo, a'o, koloa maoli, ae'o, 'alae ke'oke'o, and 'alae 'ula.
In their plan, Democrats identify as a high priority the creation of a "supergrid" consisting of transmission lines like the one proposed for the largely pristine Sand Hills of Nebraska, which would have a 3.5 mile buffer and cross 600 individual wetlands.
The rapidly spinning blades of wind turbines act like an apex predator that big birds never evolved to deal with. And because big birds have much lower reproductive rates than small birds, their deaths have a far greater impact on the overall population of the species.
For example, golden eagles will have just one or two chicks in a brood, and usually less than once a year, whereas a songbird like a robin could have up to two broods of three to seven chicks each year.
The renewable industry claims technical innovations will improve solar and wind — but in reality nothing can change the lower power density of sunlight and wind.
Even a 10% improvement in the efficiency of solar panels would only slightly reduce the staggering amount of land required to produce the same amount of energy: from 400 times more land than nuclear to 360 times more.
And over the last decade, the vast majority of installed solar panels have only become 2-3% more efficient.
Solar and wind farms around the world require at least 300-400 times more land on average than a natural gas or nuclear plant to produce the same quantity of energy, a calculation easy to make using Google maps.
Vaclav Smil, a widely-respected energy scholar praised by Bill Gates (among others), concluded that it would take 25-50% of all land in the US to go 100% renewable. Today, the US uses just 0.5% of its land for energy.
In 2009, Cambridge physicist David MacKay showed that providing all the UK's energy with 100% renewables would require a greater area than the landmass of the entire country.
By occupying large areas of migratory habitat, wind turbines have also emerged as one of the greatest threats to large, threatened, and high-conservation value birds.
In May, two wind industry workers in Ohio watched in horror as a wind turbine sliced off the wing of a bald eagle, instantly killing it. "I was opposed to those windmills from the start because of the impact they could have on wildlife," said a local activist. "I had been out to California about twenty years ago and saw the carcasses on the ground under the wind turbines."
Now, wind energy threatens one of America's most iconic birds.
"Look at the whooping crane," said Linowes. "With just 235 whooping cranes in the wild, their gene pool is very limited. A rule of thumb is that you need at least a thousand individuals to make sure the gene pool will grow and so you don't get inbreeding and lose diversity."
"The Nebraska Sandhills are the most beautiful and environmentally fragile area of the state," said Tony Baker, a legislative aide to State Sen. Tom Brewer, an opponent of the R-Line project. "It would leave a scar that you can see from space. You cannot fix things that you do to the Sandhills."
Save the Sandhills is fighting the R-Line while another group, Preserve the Sandhills, is fighting the expansion of hundreds of industrial wind turbines.
"A take is one thing but this is not just a take," said the attorney for the conservationists, Bill Eubanks, who temporarily halted the R-Line. "We're talking about the project impacting the species' entire existence, impeding their recovery. It's a scary proposition."
Conservationists express fear and even grief at the prospects of industrial wind being imposed on local ecosystems.
"The whole ecosystem is declining," said a Lake Erie ornithologist about the scuttled project. "Let's not add another threat on top of that."
"Killing these manu [birds] would deprive current and future generations of a necessary part of their natural environment and, for native Hawaiians, a vital resource for traditional and customary practices. That is deeply troubling," said Dr. Tēvita O. Ka'ili, a Hawaiian professor of cultural anthropology.
"The environmental impacts are largely irrelevant to wind developers," said Kevon Martis. "How else can one explain Pattern Energy's attempt to build twenty-four turbines on the banks of the Yellowstone River? Or RES Americas' plan to construct turbines overlooking Lake Superior's Keweenaw Bay?"
As the ecological impacts of industrial wind energy become more visible, renewable energy promoters are pushing industrial solar farms.
But the achievable power density of a solar farm is up to 50 watts of electricity per square meter, with solar farms in northern nations like Germany achieving about a tenth of that. By contrast, the power density of natural gas and nuclear plants ranges from 2,000 to 6,000 watts per square meter
And building a solar farm is a lot like building any other kind of industrial facility. You have to clear the whole area of wildlife.
In some places such as Texas, where white-nose syndrome, a deadly fungus, has only recently arrived, wind turbines are the single greatest threat to bats.
"There are no other well-documented threats to populations of migratory tree bats that cause mortality of similar magnitude to that observed at wind turbines," one scientist wrote.
"The wind industry is well aware of the problem yet vigorously resists even modest mitigations known to reduce bat mortality at operating wind facilities," said Linowes. "The result is that many of our bat species are on a path to extinction."
In many cases, environmentalists find themselves fighting groups like the Sierra Club, which accept funding from natural gas and renewable interests, and advocate industrial wind projects like the one proposed for Lake Erie.
But some local activists are hopeful, in part based on past successes.
"In the cases of the Yellowstone River and Keweenaw Bay," Martis said, "locals had to intervene to protect those wild places from industrial wind encroachment. Absent those efforts, those wild places would be despoiled."
"If we stop the R-Project," said Nebraska conservationist Tyler Rath, "we will stop a lot of wind development, especially in sensitive areas, and save a lot of habitat for endangered species."
It is notable that many of the conservationists defending wildlife from industrial wind turbines and transmission lines view the Democrats' refurbished Green New Deal and its call for the "rapid deployment" of wind and transmission lines not as a climate dream but rather as an ecological nightmare.
This isn't the first time Democrats have shown a willingness to sacrifice wildlife for the wind industry. In 2013, the Obama administration gave the wind industry permission to kill condors, an endangered species. No other industry is allowed to kill condors.
Will such concerns move Congressional Democrats? It's hard to say. Climate change has completely overshadowed the conservation concerns that used to be so important to the Democratic Party.
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Where healthcare challenges find solutions
More than half of health systems aren't prepared for their CEO to leave
Alex Kacik
More than half of hospital and health system executives polled would not have a chief executive lined up if their CEO suddenly left, according to a new survey.
Fifty-four percent of 164 executives surveyed said they don't have a ready successor and 43% operate without an effective internal succession plan, according to a new survey from executive search firm Korn Ferry. Nearly a third lack a succession plan entirely.
"There have been so many long-standing CEOs in healthcare, and many are aging out and retiring at the same time," said Christine Rivers, Korn Ferry senior client partner in its board and CEO services practice. "But many don't have a plan in place."
Today's health systems grew out of individual hospitals, piloted by community leaders who often held roles that were more advisory than dealing with fiduciary oversight. That, coupled with how healthcare has become less hospital-centric, has required a shift in vision and execution for boards and the management team, Rivers said.
"The industry has been tipped on its side and leadership planning hasn't necessarily kept up," she said.
As more baby boomers eye retirement, healthcare organizations will look to bridge a void of institutional knowledge. Millennials have eclipsed baby boomers as the largest share of the U.S. workforce, but most boomers are in upper management positions, according to the Pew Research Center.
Two-thirds of Korn Ferry's survey respondents are more concerned now about the age of those in their C-suite than they were five years ago. Without a plan of how to fill the ranks, providers can run into serious financial consequences.
"If you get into trouble with regulations and compliance, those have the potential to sink your hospital quicker than anything else," said Michele Mayes, senior vice president of consulting at Quorum Health Resources and interim chief operating officer.
Consolidation is causing more healthcare organizations to survey how the industry is changing and which leaders are best equipped to handle that transition. But there is wide variation on their approach and level of preparation.
Some health systems are prepping their young employees by sending them to other organizations to shadow executives. Others are implementing internal leadership meetings and classes.
About two-thirds of respondents said that C-suite successors would likely come from within the organization. But that often requires an organization to have the resources, infrastructure and foresight to develop candidates internally.
"The more progressive organizations recognize that development from within creates an engaged and empowered workforce that has a series of positive impacts related to patient satisfaction and quality," Rivers said. "But this takes time because not only are the roles shifting based on changing demand, consolidation is changing the nature of the work."
Still, many boards tiptoe around succession planning because they don't want to rock the boat. It implies that something is wrong with the current leadership, Rivers said.
"It may prompt some anxiety," she said. "Whereas if it is baked into the agenda, it doesn't become off-putting."
Much of Quorum's client base consists of rural community hospitals where executives wear many hats, Mayes said. Shifting resources from day-to-day operations to strategic planning can be difficult, she said.
"The other piece is that access to talent outside of the organization is limited," Mayes said.
When considering the next CEO, 87% of executives said he or she must be from within the healthcare industry. Still, when looking to fill relatively new positions like population health executive, chief digital officer or chief experience officer, health systems are increasingly plucking leaders from technology, hospitality, entertainment and other sectors.
While some positions are suited for a fresh perspective, many executive roles are replenished by those who intimately understand healthcare's complexity, staffing experts said.
"There is an advantage when you already understand the industry," Rivers said. "Of course, there is the trade-off that sometimes an external candidate agnostic to the industry can look at things in a different way and break up the dominant logic."
To better prepare for executive turnover, healthcare organizations can hire a management consultant. Mayes encouraged systems to send managers to leadership conferences, implement internal workforce development programs or expose them to different departments. Operations and a management framework that are standardized can get everyone on the same page, she said.
One of Rivers' clients developed an office of the CEO that delegated new responsibilities across the executive team. This established a heightened level of accountability for leaders who had to make difficult decisions, she said.
"They had skin in the game as to what was material to the enterprise," Rivers said. "They got into the mindset of spreading accountability across all business functions."
Health systems must adapt and grow quickly, she said.
"They don't have the luxury of time to build up leadership development," Rivers said.
Tags: Operations, Executives, Transformation, Operations, Transformation Hub


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\section{Introduction}\label{sec:intro}

   Cataclysmic variables (CVs) are composed of a white dwarf
and a mass-transferring secondary.  The transferred
matter forms an accretion disk around the white dwarf,
and in some cases, the accreted matter on the surface of
the white dwarf causes thermonucular runaway, which is
observed as a nova.  Dwarf novae (DNe) are a class of CVs,
which show outbursts resulting from instabilities
in the accretion disk
[for general information of CVs, novae and DNe
see e.g. \citet{war95book}].

   One of the long-standing questions about the relation
between novae and DNe is whether novae between eruptions
become detached systems (and hence not observed as CVs) or
become DNe.  This possibility was highlighted by
\citet{pat84CVevolution} after a comparison of the space densities
of novae and known CVs, and \citet{pat84CVevolution} suggested
that there are ``dead'' novae $\sim$100 times of CVs.
\citet{Hibernation} extended this discussion and suggested
the ``hibernation'' scenario by assuming that the mass-transfer
stops following angular momentum loss during a nova eruption
resulting in the binary to be detached.

   The relationship between novae and DNe have only recently
directly confirmed by observations: discoveries of
remnant nova shells around the DNe Z Cam \citep{sha07zcam}
and AT Cnc \citep{sha12atcncnova}, DN in AD 483 nova shell
Te 11 \citep{mis16Te11DN},
DN state before a nova eruption \citep{mro16hibernation}
and DN in AD 1437 nova shell \citep{sha17nsco1437}.

  Quite recently, a nova eruption
was recorded from the previously known DN V392 Per
by Y. Nakamura in 2018\footnote{
$<$http://www.cbat.eps.harvard.edu/unconf/\\
followups/J04432130+4721280.html$>$.
}  These observations indicate that at least some novae
erupt from DNe and some very old ($\gtsim$1000~yr old)
novae become DNe.

   In this paper, we report on the discovery of the DN
state of a recently recognized type with unusual characteristics
in the supposed classical nova BC Cas which erupted in 1929.

\section{BC Cassiopeiae}

   BC Cas was originally discovered as a long-period
variable by \citet{bel31bccas} on 1929 Simeis plates.
\citet{due84eyaqlbccasmtcenv745sco} studied Harvard plates
and presented a light curve.  The maximum brightness
was 10.7 mag (photographic) on 1929 August 1.
The object was not detected 14~d before.
Since the outburst amplitude was small and since
an old ``nova'' (HV Vir, 1929)
similarly recognized by the same author \citep{due84hvvir}
turned out to be a large-amplitude DN
(\cite{lei94hvvir}; \cite{kat01hvvir}),
BC Cas was suspected to be a candidate large-amplitude DN
and a search for a further outburst was conducted
[see a remark in \citet{kat01hvvir}].  This situation
continued until \citet{rin96oldnovaspec} published
a spectrum.  The spectrum showed relatively weak H$\alpha$
emission and a red continuum, which preferred a moderately
reddened nova rather (the object is indeed the direction
of a star-forming region SFR G115.80$-$1.6)
than a large-amplitude DN.
This classification has been confirmed by the small
Gaia parallax 0.490(71) mas and
the red ($Bp-Rp$=1.326) color \citep{GaiaDR2}.
According to \citet{sch18gaianova}, the distance
and Galactic extinction were estimated to be
2114($-$203,$+$557) pc and $A_V$=3.7, respectively.

\section{Zwicky Transient Facility Observations}\label{sec:obs}

   We used Public Data Release 3 of
the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF, \cite{ZTF})
observations.\footnote{
   The ZTF data can be obtained from IRSA
$<$https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/Missions/ztf.html$>$
using the interface
$<$https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/\\
program\_interface/ztf\_api.html$>$
or using a wrapper of the above IRSA API
$<$https://github.com/MickaelRigault/ztfquery$>$.
}
We found that BC Cas showed DN-type outbursts
in 2018 (figure \ref{fig:bccaslc}).
In E-section 1, we also presented an analysis
of the reliability of the ZTF data in response to
the reviewer's opinion.  The ZTF data for BC Cas are
given in E-section 2.

   The three outbursts (BJD 2458288, 2458367 and 2458429)
were separated by 60--80~d and
the brightness between the outbursts gradually increased
at least before the first and second outbursts.
Following the second outburst, the object showed
a deep dip.  The total amplitude of the outburst
including this dip was 0.9 mag.  There was also
a shallower dip after the third outburst.
Following the dip after the second outburst, there was
a hint of damping oscillation, though the details
were not sufficiently clear due to the observational
gaps.

\begin{figure*}
  \begin{center}
    \FigureFile(130mm,90mm){bccaslc.eps}
  \end{center}
  \caption{(Upper) Light curve of BC Cas from ZTF observations.
  The filled squares and circles represent $r$ and $g$
  observations, respectively.
  (Lower) Light curve of IM Eri (typical IW And-type dwarf nova)
  for comparison.  The data were from \citet{kat20imeri}.
  }
  \label{fig:bccaslc}
\end{figure*}

\section{Discussion}

\subsection{Post-eruption BC Cas as an IW And-type dwarf nova}

   The features of the light curve of BC Cas 89-yr
after the (most likely) nova eruption in 1929 described
in section \ref{sec:obs} very well match the characteristics
of IW And-type DNe [see \citet{kat19iwandtype} and
references therein], which have been a recently recognized
type of DNe.\footnote{
   These objects are also called ``anomalous'' Z Cam stars
   \citep{szk13iwandv513cas}.
}
The IW And-type DNe show outbursts starting from
(quasi-)standstills and these outbursts are often followed
by dips and damping oscillations.  These DNe exhibit
such outbursts only a fraction of time and such a state
is referred to as IW And-type state or phenomenon.
The most remarkable feature is that this sequence is often
semi-periodically repeated.  The semi-regular occurrence
of this cycle suggests a yet unidentified type of limit-cycle
oscillation \citep{kat19iwandtype}.  BC~Cas is the first
(supposed) classical nova that experienced the IW And-type
state.

   The origin of the unusual variations of IW And-type
DNe is still poorly known.  \citet{szk13iwandv513cas}
suggested periodic increase of the mass-transfer from
the secondary.  \citet{kim20iwandmodel} suggested
that the tilted accretion disk could cause a limit-cycle
oscillation similar to IW And DNe.  The tilted disk,
however, has proven not to be a universal explanation
for IW And stars by the lack of negative superhumps,
a signature of a tilted disk, in many IW And stars
[e.g. IM Eri \citet{kat20imeri}].
Most recently, a detailed analysis of the Kepler data
of KIC 9406652, an IW And DN with prominent negative
superhumps, by \citet{kim20kic9406652} indicated
that neither models of \citet{szk13iwandv513cas} and
\citet{kim20iwandmodel} could explain the variation
of the disk radius.  The cause of the unusual pattern
of variation of IW And DNe still remains a mystery.

\subsection{Implications on IW And-type dwarf novae}

   In the hibernation scenario of classical novae,
the gradual reduction of the mass-transfer rate ($\dot{M}$)
from the secondary \citet{Hibernation}
enables the accretion disks in post-novae
to become thermally unstable to cause DN outbursts.
BC Cas showed the IW And-type phenomenon 89~yr after
the supposed nova eruption, which is one of the shortest
among classical novae to exhibit DN activity
(no other classical novae showed this phenomenon in
the ZTF data, and the case of BC Cas should be rare).
The condition, such as $\dot{M}$, enabling the IW And-type
phenomenon is still unknown.  Considering that BC Cas showed
this phenomenon during the cooling phase after the nova eruption,
it is likely that the IW And-type phenomenon in this object
was achieved in high-$\dot{M}$ condition probably close to
the border of thermal instability of the accretion
disk [see e.g. \citet{war95book}].  Whether this is
applicable to all IW And-type DNe requires further
study in other systems.

   According to \citet{due84eyaqlbccasmtcenv745sco},
BC Cas was a moderately fast nova with $t_3$
(time required to fade by 3 mag) of 50--75~d.
This translates to $t_2$ of 29--44~d using the formula
in \citet{hac06novadecline}.
It is widely accepted that nova eruptions occurring on
heavier white dwarfs have shorter $t_2$ or $t_3$
[see e.g. \citet{hac06novadecline}].  Using the model
grid in \citet{sha18novamass}, the mass of the white
dwarf in BC Cas is expected to be 1.02--1.09$M_{\odot}$.
\citet{zor11SDSSCVWDmass} obtained an average mass
of 0.82(3)$M_{\odot}$ for white dwarfs in CVs
with an intrinsic scatter of white dwarf masses of
0.15$M_{\odot}$.
A more recent study of eclipsing CVs yielded
a consistent result \citep{mca19DNeclipse}.
The inferred mass of the white dwarf in BC Cas
is more than 1$\sigma$ larger than the average
white dwarf mass in CVs and it may be that the IW And-type
phenomenon associated with the high mass of
the white dwarf.  This might explain why the IW And-type
phenomenon is seen only in limited number of DNe,
and why the same object repeatedly shows this phenomenon
while others never showed it.
Since no reliable estimates of white dwarf masses
are available in IW And-type DNe, more effort should
be paid to determine orbital parameters of these objects.

\section*{Acknowledgments}

Based on observations obtained with the Samuel Oschin 48-inch
Telescope at the Palomar Observatory as part of
the Zwicky Transient Facility project. ZTF is supported by
the National Science Foundation under Grant No. AST-1440341
and a collaboration including Caltech, IPAC,
the Weizmann Institute for Science, the Oskar Klein Center
at Stockholm University, the University of Maryland,
the University of Washington, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron
and Humboldt University, Los Alamos National Laboratories,
the TANGO Consortium of Taiwan, the University of
Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.
Operations are conducted by COO, IPAC, and UW.

The ztfquery code was funded by the European Research Council
(ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and
innovation programme (grant agreement n$^{\circ}$759194
-- USNAC, PI: Rigault).

\section*{Supporting information}
Additional supporting information can be found in the online version
of this article.
Supplementary data is available at PASJ Journal online.

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package org.batfish.question.vxlanproperties;

import com.google.common.collect.HashMultiset;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
import com.google.common.collect.Multiset;
import com.google.common.collect.Table;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import org.batfish.common.Answerer;
import org.batfish.common.BatfishException;
import org.batfish.common.NetworkSnapshot;
import org.batfish.common.plugin.IBatfish;
import org.batfish.datamodel.BumTransportMethod;
import org.batfish.datamodel.DataPlane;
import org.batfish.datamodel.Ip;
import org.batfish.datamodel.answers.Schema;
import org.batfish.datamodel.questions.DisplayHints;
import org.batfish.datamodel.questions.PropertySpecifier;
import org.batfish.datamodel.questions.PropertySpecifier.PropertyDescriptor;
import org.batfish.datamodel.questions.VxlanVniPropertiesRow;
import org.batfish.datamodel.questions.VxlanVniPropertySpecifier;
import org.batfish.datamodel.table.ColumnMetadata;
import org.batfish.datamodel.table.Row;
import org.batfish.datamodel.table.Row.RowBuilder;
import org.batfish.datamodel.table.TableAnswerElement;
import org.batfish.datamodel.table.TableMetadata;
import org.batfish.datamodel.vxlan.Layer2Vni;
import org.batfish.specifier.AllNodesNodeSpecifier;
import org.batfish.specifier.SpecifierFactories;

/** Implements {@link VxlanVniPropertiesQuestion}. */
public final class VxlanVniPropertiesAnswerer extends Answerer {

  public static final String COL_NODE = "Node";
  public static final String COL_VRF = "VRF";
  public static final String COL_VNI = "VNI";

  /**
   * Creates {@link ColumnMetadata}s that the answer should have based on the {@code
   * propertySpecifier}.
   *
   * @param propertySpecifier The {@link VxlanVniPropertySpecifier} that describes the set of
   *     properties
   * @return The {@link List} of {@link ColumnMetadata}s
   */
  public static List<ColumnMetadata> createColumnMetadata(
      VxlanVniPropertySpecifier propertySpecifier) {
    return ImmutableList.<ColumnMetadata>builder()
        .add(new ColumnMetadata(COL_NODE, Schema.STRING, "Node", true, false))
        .add(new ColumnMetadata(COL_VRF, Schema.STRING, "VRF", true, false))
        .add(new ColumnMetadata(COL_VNI, Schema.INTEGER, "VXLAN Segment ID", true, false))
        .addAll(
            propertySpecifier.getMatchingProperties().stream()
                .map(
                    prop ->
                        new ColumnMetadata(
                            prop,
                            VxlanVniPropertySpecifier.getPropertyDescriptor(prop).getSchema(),
                            VxlanVniPropertySpecifier.getPropertyDescriptor(prop).getDescription(),
                            false,
                            true))
                .collect(Collectors.toList()))
        .build();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a {@link TableMetadata} object from the question.
   *
   * @param question The question
   * @return The resulting {@link TableMetadata} object
   */
  private static TableMetadata createTableMetadata(VxlanVniPropertiesQuestion question) {
    String textDesc =
        String.format("Properties of VXLAN VNI ${%s} on node ${%s}.", COL_VNI, COL_NODE);
    DisplayHints dhints = question.getDisplayHints();
    if (dhints != null && dhints.getTextDesc() != null) {
      textDesc = dhints.getTextDesc();
    }
    return new TableMetadata(
        createColumnMetadata(VxlanVniPropertySpecifier.create(question.getProperties())), textDesc);
  }

  @Override
  public TableAnswerElement answer(NetworkSnapshot snapshot) {
    VxlanVniPropertiesQuestion question = (VxlanVniPropertiesQuestion) _question;
    Set<String> nodes =
        SpecifierFactories.getNodeSpecifierOrDefault(
                question.getNodes(), AllNodesNodeSpecifier.INSTANCE)
            .resolve(_batfish.specifierContext(snapshot));
    DataPlane dp = _batfish.loadDataPlane(snapshot);

    TableMetadata tableMetadata = createTableMetadata(question);
    TableAnswerElement answer = new TableAnswerElement(tableMetadata);

    Multiset<Row> propertyRows =
        getProperties(
            VxlanVniPropertySpecifier.create(question.getProperties()),
            dp,
            nodes,
            tableMetadata.toColumnMap());

    answer.postProcessAnswer(question, propertyRows);
    return answer;
  }

  /**
   * Gets properties of VXLAN VNIs.
   *
   * @param propertySpecifier Specifies which properties to get
   * @param dp {@link DataPlane} to use
   * @param nodes the set of nodes to consider
   * @param columns a map from column name to {@link ColumnMetadata}
   * @return A multiset of {@link Row}s where each row corresponds to a node and columns correspond
   *     to property values.
   */
  public static Multiset<Row> getProperties(
      VxlanVniPropertySpecifier propertySpecifier,
      DataPlane dp,
      Set<String> nodes,
      Map<String, ColumnMetadata> columns) {
    Multiset<Row> rows = HashMultiset.create();
    Table<String, String, Set<Layer2Vni>> allVniSettings = dp.getLayer2Vnis();

    for (String nodeName : nodes) {
      allVniSettings
          .row(nodeName)
          .forEach(
              (vrfName, vniSet) -> {
                for (Layer2Vni l2Vni : vniSet) {
                  int vni = l2Vni.getVni();
                  RowBuilder row =
                      Row.builder(columns)
                          .put(COL_NODE, nodeName)
                          .put(COL_VRF, vrfName)
                          .put(COL_VNI, vni);
                  boolean unicast =
                      l2Vni.getBumTransportMethod() == BumTransportMethod.UNICAST_FLOOD_GROUP;
                  Set<Ip> bumTransportIps = l2Vni.getBumTransportIps();
                  VxlanVniPropertiesRow vxlanVniProperties =
                      new VxlanVniPropertiesRow(
                          nodeName,
                          vni,
                          l2Vni.getVlan(),
                          l2Vni.getSourceAddress(),
                          unicast
                              ? null
                              : bumTransportIps.isEmpty()
                                  ? null
                                  : Iterables.getOnlyElement(bumTransportIps),
                          unicast ? bumTransportIps : null,
                          l2Vni.getUdpPort());

                  for (String property : propertySpecifier.getMatchingProperties()) {
                    PropertyDescriptor<VxlanVniPropertiesRow> propertyDescriptor =
                        VxlanVniPropertySpecifier.getPropertyDescriptor(property);
                    try {
                      PropertySpecifier.fillProperty(
                          propertyDescriptor, vxlanVniProperties, property, row);
                    } catch (ClassCastException e) {
                      throw new BatfishException(
                          String.format(
                              "Type mismatch between property value ('%s') and Schema ('%s') for"
                                  + " property '%s' for VXLAN VNI settings '%s': %s",
                              propertyDescriptor.getGetter().apply(vxlanVniProperties),
                              propertyDescriptor.getSchema(),
                              property,
                              vxlanVniProperties,
                              e.getMessage()),
                          e);
                    }
                  }

                  rows.add(row.build());
                }
              });
    }
    return rows;
  }

  public VxlanVniPropertiesAnswerer(VxlanVniPropertiesQuestion question, IBatfish batfish) {
    super(question, batfish);
  }
}

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text:
Drummond Ltd. Certifies New truck Operators Through the In House Training Program
Pictured: part of the group of mining truck apprentices certified by the company
As an example of the great commitment of Drummond Ltd. to the development of the region and the communities in the area of influence of its mining, the company's Training Department, through its in-house program, has certified a total of 24 apprentices as new operators of Caterpillar 793 and 777 series mining trucks. They were shown the competencies required by the company for employment, and thus created better opportunities for their future.
After a rigorous selection process, the apprentices started their training phase, where they acquire knowledge of the mining equipment and developed the skills needed for a safe and productive operation in accordance with the industrial safety and performance policies and standards of Drummond Ltd.
The in-house program was created in 2009 with the objective of providing training to young people born in the towns around the mining project. Since then 21 groups have been completed, adding up to more than 450 apprentices trained in the operation of various kinds of large-scale mining equipment. This effort has included more than 140,000 hours of training.
Therefore, Francisco Torres, Training Supervisor in the Truck Area, stated that one of the fundamental objectives is to drive the professional development and the preparation of the new generations who are going to become part of the company. "The expectation is that this new group will become part of the company. The hope is that they will continue working and sharing knowledge that helps them to improve their lifestyle and that of their families," he said.
One of the new operators receives his certification.
Likewise, Fabio Albor, Specialist Trainer of Group 3 in the Truck Area, ratified that the process with this in-house group was carried out successfully according to our quality standards. "We expect that everything they have learned, in a technical and integral manner, will be applied in their work, and that thus not only will they be productive individuals in the company but they will also contribute wellbeing to their households," he said.
The training also permitted giving a wider vision of various areas of operation, both at the Pribbenow mine and at the El Descanso mine, to the new operators who through these programs see a reason to work for Drummond with greater efficiency and better quality standards.
In regard to this, Esnaider Javier Ortiz, one of the certified operators, expressed his gratitude to the company. "I firstly thank God for this opportunity that Drummond has given me, because I've grown as a person during this time. We have seen changes in our lives, we are trained as operators, and I hope that in the future we will have new goals, in addition to the importance of always working responsibly."
Having workers who are better trained and who are motivated to carry out their daily work is one of the company's objectives. For this reason, its principal gain lies in the training and preparation of its human resources as part of the cycle of continuous improvement.


Just a few pictures this month as most progress in town seems to be centred around the new school at Rednock and the new fire station on Kingshill Road where changes are now beginning to be seen at last.
At Rednock the base for the new sports area adjacent to Kingshill Lane has now been laid and is in the process of being levelled ready for the top surface to go on. This area should be a great asset for the school when it finally opens. Next door to the school, on the site of the new fire station, the ground work and foundations are in place and it won't be long before the walls and framework begin to go up.
Elsewhere in town, two closures took place, one being the Post Office in Rosebery Road and the other was "The Cookshop" in Long Street.
Adjacent to the Rednock site, the foundations have now been laid for the new fire station building.
At the rear of the new school building, at roughly the mid-point along its length, this three-storey framework has now been erected.
The base has gone on to the new hard sports area in the Rednock site alongside Kingshill Lane.
Last day at "The Cookshop"
After many years in operation this was the final day of opening for this well established shop in Long Street.
Yet another closure, this time part of a country-wide Post office closure program. This is the one in Rosebery Road. The Coop shop will continue to stay open.


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